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S. ELLIOTT.

Corn Sheller.

Patented om. 9, 1855.

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N. PUERS Mouw. WuhilllhlLI-t STAT . PATENT FT STEPHEN ELLIOTT, OF VAYNE COUNTY, INDIANA.

GORN-SHELLEIR.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, STEPHEN ELLIOTT, of I/Vayne county, in the State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Corn-Shellers; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

Figure l, is a side elevation. Fig. 2, is a top view.

In the construction of my machine in Fig. l-A, A, A, A, A, is the frame, a the beams on which the springs for keeping the screws together, rest-B, B, B, the screws for feeding the corn to the slieller. C, C, C, cog wheels on the lower ends of the screws B, B, B. D, D the spring clamp jaws with prdjections or teeth '6, b on .the inside for 4shelling the corn from the cob. c the driving pulley on the end of the main shaft. (Z, the crank for operating it. g the pulley wheel on the lower shaft. G the belt eX- tending from pulley c to pulley g.

In Fig. 2-B, B, B, B, are the screws.

lz., zf, z., l1., are the springs for pressing the screws together causing them to suit the different sizes of the ears of corn. C, C, C, C, the cog or gear wheels on the lower end of the screws; F the gear wheel for driving D, I) the spring the spring clamp jaws.

clamp jaws. Fig. l I pulley wheel. y' belt for driving it. P

In operating' my machine I revolve the shaftby any known power. The main shafty also connects with the lower shaft by means of belt g, connects with gear or driving wheel F, by means of pulley I, and helt j, which as it revolves puts in motion the screws B, B, B, B, and spring clamps I), I), andl as the corn is put into the hopiier it lis received `in the center of the screws, which in their revolutions carry it down into the jaws and always lits to the ear in shelling.

I claim- The combination of the screws B with the clamping Jaws D arranged and operating in the manner set forth.

STEPHEN ELLIOTT.

W'tiiesses T. G. CLAYTON, J. C. CLAYTON. 

